By Chisomo Phiri
The High Court of Malawi in Lilongwe has stopped the main opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and its leader Peter Mutharika from removing Charles Mchacha as the party’s regional governor for the south.
In a court document number 86 of 2023, High Court Judge Simeon Mdeza has issued the injunction restraining the two from implementing their decision until a determination of the matter or until a further order of the court.
The court has further directed Mchacha to file inter partes application for the continuation of his injunction within 28 days.
DPP fired Mchacha last week and replaced him with Thompson Kamangira, the party’s Deputy Director for international affairs, a move Mutharika’s spokesperson Shadric Namalomba described as a strategic arrangement ahead of the 2025 general elections.
The former governing party has been insisting that the removal of Mchacha is as a result of his stand against the endorsement of Mutharika as the party’s presidential candidate in 2025.
Mchacha who is known to be vocal and outspoken has been a member of parliament for almost twenty years now.
Since leaving the government in June 2020,DPP has been rocked in a power struggle following the eyeing of the presidency by various senior party members.
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